Container for adhesive-bandage rolls.



. C. SCHULZ.

APPLICATION FILED MN- 27., 191.3-

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS COHPHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON D. C.

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o'rro o. SCHULZ, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN'OR TO BAUER & BLAcK, oroHIoAGo,

ILLINOIS, A CORJPORATION OF ILIJIINOIS.

CONTAINER FOB. ADHEsIVE-BANDAGE- RoLLs.

Application filed January 27, 1913. 7 Serial 0. 744,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Or'ro '0. 55011011, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chlcago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers forAdhesive-Bandage Rolls, of which the following is a specification. V

My present invention relates to containers for rolls of adhesivebandages and It has for its object to provide a container of sim-,

ple and inexpensive construction to contain a roll of maximum size andadapted to v be easily assembled.

Adhesive bandage rolls are marketed 1n a cylindrical container having aslot in its cylindrical wall through which an end of the bandage isdrawn and laid over upon the outer surface of this wall with theadhesive side of the bandage against the adjacent surface of the wall towhich it may adhere until grasped by the user. In removing a desiredportion of the bandage this end is pulled through the slot and theportion cut off by pulling the free portion of the bandage against theedge of a cutter blade mounted upon the outside of the container. Thisblade extends over the slot and protects the end of the bandage. Theroll is placed in the container before one of the circular end orside-walls is positioned. For convenience in loading the container andto permit the container to be opened should the bandage be accidentallypulled within the container, the adjoining edges of v the said circularand cylindrical walls are formed to interlock. 7

It is one of the principal objects of this invention to so construct theadjoining edges of the cylindrical and end walls of a container of thistype that the interlocking connection between them will be locatedwholly without the cylindrical wall so that a roll of diameter equalsubstantially to the internal diameter of the cylindrical wall may beeasily placed in'the container and so that also the width of the bandageforming the roll need be only slightly less than the width of thecylindrical walls. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a container having adetachable side-Wall formed so that it may be easily secured in placeand removed with difficulty, wherebyuseless removal of the side-wallwill be discouraged and the exposure of the Specification of LettersPatent. 7

portion of the Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

bandage to the dust andidirt of the atmosphere minimized. Y v v I Anadditional object of the invention is tov provide acontainer for anadhesive plastor-roll which, in addition to performing these and otherimportant functions, will'be cheap to manufacture and neat and pleasinglnpappearance. V I Other objects and advantages of the "invention willbecome apparent as it is better understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsillustrating ment thereof.

On the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view taken through the centerof a container embodying my invention showing a plasterspool in positiontherein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with one of the end orside walls removed.

Referring to the drawings, the cylindrical wall, 4 the two end or sidewalls of the container, and 5 a bandage roll positioned therein.' Alongeach edge of the cylindrical wall 3 is spun or otherwise formed anoutwardly extending head 6 and the edges of the end walls 4 are bentfrom the planes of the walls as at 7 and formed into beads 8 adapted tointerlock with the beads 6 of the cylindrical wall to clamp each bead 7between a bead 8 and the main body wall upon which the bead 8 apreferred embodiis formed. The portions of the end walls between thebeads 8 and the main portions of the walls space thebeads from the wallsand these portions are preferably inclined to the planes of gle. WVhenthe beads are spaced from the end walls in this manner they may beeasily forced over the beads upon the cylindrical wall in assembling theparts of the container, as in this operation the beads of the end wallsare forced back toward the planes of their respective walls. It ishowever more difficult to remove one of the end walls for to'break itsinterlocking connection with the cylindrical wall the bead upon the endwall must be pulled farther away from its wa It will be apparent that,as the beads upon the cylindrical wall extend outwardly,

there is no obstruction to the entrance of a roll having an externaldiameter equaling substantially the internal diameter-of the container,and that, as the beads on theend the end walls at an acutean-v Wallsengage the beads on the cylindrical Wall Without the container, noobstruction is ofiered by the formation of these Walls Which Willrestrict the Width of the bandage forming the roll to less; than theWidth of the cylindrical Wall.

It is thought that the invention Will be understood from the foregoingdescription, and it is apparent that although both of the end Walls havebeen shown and described as interlocking With the cylindrical Wall, onlyone of them need be so connected, and that various methods may beemployed for forming the beads Without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention.

I claim A container for a bandage roll comprising a cylindrical Wall,and a pair of fiat cir- Copi es of cular end Walls, the edges of saidcylindrical Wall being rolled outwardly to form beads extending beyondthe periphery of said cylindrical Wall, the edges of said circular endalls being rolled inwardly to form beads and bent inwardly to form aninclined portion, whereby the beads on said circular end Walls arespaced from the flat portion thereof and adapted to engage beneath thebeads on said cylindrical Wall to force said last-mentioned beads intoclose engagement With the flat portion of said circular end Walls.

o'rrolo. SOHULZ.

WVitnesses:

O. H. SEGBEE, J. H. RAPP.

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